They come so far up my throat, to the very tip of my tongue, but then recede back into my inner being

Its like before singing in front of a crowd, at first it seems like the best and easiest thing in the entire world, but when you get up on that stage, And have a thousand eyes on you, and hot lights burning your corneas, and you think “Oh my God, why did I think to do this?”

And I am here to say this:

My name is Mitch, (here comes those words)

And I’m gay……

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